For me, it really came down to Clap When You Land and Fighting Words. Although frustrating at times, not having a clearly defined criteria in Smackdown has allowed me to judge books based on what I find most important - picking books I think my students would want to read. I've read other books by both Bradley and Acevedo. I believe Fighting Words is Bradely's best and Acevedo's best is Poet X, which I highly recommend you read if you liked Clap When You Land (or listen to Acevedo read the audiobook version). So, really a simple decision... Fighting Words gets my vote.
We wanted to create a way where we could read a few books, learn about many titles and have fun doing it! The tournament style reading of the Mighty Smackdown means that in the first round each participant reads two books, discusses both in a blog post, selecting one book to move on to the next round. Teachers are asked to commit to one round but most, if not all, continue on. We will read to the end when we will have only one book left standing!
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
And the winner is.... Fighting Words.
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